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Definition of: megalomania
(meg′ə·lō·mā′nē·ə, -mān′yə) noun
1. Psychiatry A mental disorder in which the subject thinks himself great or exalted; delusions of grandeur, power, etc.
2. A tendency to magnify and exaggerate.
—meg′a·lo·ma′ni·ac adjective & noun
—meg′a·lo·ma·ni′a·cal (-mə·nī′ə·kəl) adjective
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